What’s the Point
The purpose of this text is to get the reader to understand how to analyze a type of text, by providing different ways of approaching it in order to come up with a thesis in writing an analytical essay. The writer is encouraged to answer some questions in regards to how to start with coming up with the thesis, and these deal with how the writer interprets the texts in their own way. Through these questions, the writer would be able to find the lens that they would use to analyze this text, which helps develop the idea for the rest of the essay. Hengel also provides several tips in the transitioning between the ideas that are displayed throughout the essay. The whole purpose of this passage is to provide some aid in writing and showing the thesis clearly throughout the essay.
Responding—Really Responding—To Other Students’ Writing
In this text, the purpose is to help a writer become a good editor as well. There are many tips provided throughout the text that allows you to critique another person’s writing, by looking at the key aspects of their essay. As an editor, you are the reader and audience of the essay, so it is important to give the writer the opinions that you you might have about their piece. The main part of this is to make sure that the writer is doing the assignment correctly and that they are able to portray their thoughts effectively through their writing. The passage also provides way to write comments on the essay, as well as providing an example of how commenting works. The tips provided are meant to help you as the reader to point out your ideas or concerns that you might have about a writer’s work, by providing them with the opinions from the viewpoint of a reader.
Response
Both of these texts provides helpful information for both writers and editors. The information provided in “What’s the Point” is really helpful when someone is writing the first draft of the essay since it is the part where you mostly gather up all your ideas. With the thesis of your writing figured out, it would be easier to write down the ideas that supports your thesis, and allows you to have the general idea about what your essay is going to be about. The second passage provides good editor tips, and shows what is a good comment that could help the writer consider and further improve their essays. In general, the two texts have a lot of useful information that can be used when we write and review the first draft.